When planning a study, Dr. Doe developed a participant pool that contained the same percentages of minorities, same gender make-up, and same socioeconomic make-up as the general population he planned to study. In fact, this sample has a similar makeup as the population on all variables. Dr. Doe's sample was a:
A) Critical-case sample
B) Biased sample
C) Representative sample
D) Homogeneous sample

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A representative sample accurately reflects the demographics and characteristics of the population being studied, which is what Dr. Doe achieved by matching the sample's makeup to the general population.

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